Nobody told me about alpaca!

I've discovered alpaca. OH.MY.GOD. how soft and feelable is it?! If I had the knitting skills of this young lady then I would be in a knitting frenzy. As it is I am probably the sloooooooooooooowest damned knitter in the whole universe and its FRUSTRATING! But I am on a mission. I want to work with the really cool soft stuff so I am going to persevere. And there's really no point learning something that is going to save me money in the long run if I don't stay in it long enough for the long run..!?! Well I know what I mean!

I'm 30 whole years this year. It's so exhilarating. I can still remember the day (I was 17) when I met a 30 year old woman and thought "wow! she's sooooo oooooold!!" and now I'M THERE! Only I don't feel old. I feel really excited! I'M GOING TO BE 30! HEAR ME ROAR! Is it too early for me to have my mid-life crisis? Only, it would be really good to get it out of the way... so I can get on with the rest of my life.

Have a great weekend ;)

*blush* i have joined "them"

Ok - so here's the thing. EVERYONE has been making fun of lil ole me because I have found...KNITTING! OH MY GOD! How much fun is it?! Why are the masses of so-called "friends" makng fun of me? Because I am now the ultimate geek. Not only do I work with technology and *gasp* read tech books but I now knit. I already new how to CAST ON and knit and purl so last night I learnt - for the very first time - how to:
* use two colors
* CAST OFF! (Mr. Miyagi eat your heart out baby)

It was totally awesome! So now I am going to knit a little scarf for the mister who is very amused by his extremely non-domestic, ungirly wife creating pieces of clothing. I had no idea how therapeutic it is too... I'm a little disappointed that a needle and thread is still involved but hey - it's minimal so I'll suck it up and just live with it!
This week a scarf - next week: HATS! Yeah baby!

A frequent question asked of me is: WHY? Simple. Over Christmas, I was completely appalled at the amount of money that was spent (SPENT!)on presents for people - and everything was mostly done either online or in one day. And I thought... why? Why don't I learn a craft and next Christmas, make stuff for people? It's far more personalised & way more enjoyable than standing 30 deep in the Christmas crowds. And that's far more the spirit of Christmas than spending a fortune at your local shopping mall.

And baking. People are going to get the baked goods, the knitted pieces and - if I have any time left! - maybe even look at learning to build things.... oooooh! Wood!